At these words, a nameless fire instantly flared within Xu Taiping.
"That's slander!"
He spoke with some anger.
"But they produced letters between your Peak Lord and Su Chan. Judging by their contents, your Peak Lord Zhao Qian did indeed remain in contact with Su Chan despite knowing he had succumbed to demonic corruption."
Huang Que sighed.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping knitted his brows and said:
"Su Chan is framing our Peak Lord. Back in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, he and Jin Hezhi joined forces to frame my Second Senior Brother."
Huang Que shook his head helplessly and said:
"Qingxiao told me about that three years ago. But he couldn't produce any evidence, so there was nothing we could do to Jin Hezhi."
Xu Taiping nodded at this.
In many matters, Su Chan had only pulled strings behind the scenes. Apart from that one time in the Immortal Gourd Grotto-Heaven, he had almost never shown himself and acted openly.
"Why did Sect Master Zhou suddenly move against our Peak Lord?"
Xu Taiping was somewhat puzzled.
Their Peak Lord Zhao Qian had long since sealed away his sword and could not possibly pose a threat to the Sect Master. Otherwise, Ninth Uncle would not have passed him over and sought out Senior Brother Qingxiao as the Sword Inquiry disciple.
"You probably haven't heard yet, have you?"
Huang Que suddenly gave a bitter smile.
"What?"
Xu Taiping looked at Huang Que in confusion.
"The bonds your Peak Lord placed on his own Sword Heart a hundred years ago have loosened."
Huang Que answered.
"That's impossible. Second Senior Brother once told me that the knot the Peak Lord tied around his Sword Heart was a dead knot. He could never take up his sword again in this lifetime."
Xu Taiping's expression grew even